After the artillery training was normalized, Wei Zheng left the training ground and walked into the hot weapons factory.

Of course, there were more than a dozen soldiers who carried things with Wei Zheng who entered the weapons workshop.

Although he looked tired in front of him, he was energetic from the point of view of his spirit. Wei Zheng said with an excited face: "Lord Wang, I'm here to thank you for coming...."

"Without the hundreds of throwing guns that your factories have worked overtime to build, our Haw Par Army would not have been able to win this anti-encirclement battle. Not only that, but all of us will fall into the hands of the Tartars and become Tartar slaves again......"

Although the Haw Par Army was not recognized by the imperial court, no matter what, Wei Zheng had supreme authority in the Haw Par Army, and no one in the Haw Par Army could provoke it.

In Wang Tiezhong's eyes, as the supreme commander of the Tiger and Leopard Army, no matter how good Wei Zheng is, it is impossible to bow to his subordinates. Because, in the Ming Dynasty, which advocated Confucian governance, this kind of behavior was definitely ridiculed by the literati.

Therefore, in the face of Wei Zheng's thanks, Wang Tiezhong was stunned for half a minute, but still did not react.

It wasn't until the subordinates behind him reminded him that he knelt on the ground nervously and said to Wei Zheng.

"General, these are the things we should do... Without you, the general, without the Haw Par Army, all of us would still be slaves in the hands of the Tartars, living a life that is inferior to pigs and dogs... Therefore, these things are what we should do, and we should not thank you, General. ”

Wei Zheng nodded, and after helping Wang Tiezhong up, he said: "Master Wang, I came here today, in addition to expressing my gratitude to you and all the brothers in the manufacturing plant, there is another important thing for you to help with..."

"Please instruct the general, as long as I, Wang Tiezhong, and the entire manufacturing plant can do it, I will definitely do it at any cost...."

Wei Zheng didn't answer, but ordered to his subordinates behind him: "Bring things up, let the king take a look first..."

"Yes, General..."

More than a dozen soldiers who followed closely behind Wei Zheng quickly stacked bundles of arquebuses wrapped in captured Tartar tents in their arms in front of the two of them.

At Wei Zheng's signal, after opening the wrapped tent, arquebuses emitting a cold light under the sun appeared in front of Wang Tiezhong as if by magic.

Being able to see the arquebus again in his lifetime, Wang Tiezhong, who was born in a craftsman's family, quickly felt excited from the bottom of his heart.

One picked up an arquebus from the ground and began to admire it.

However, when the arquebus was held in Wang Tiezhong's hand, Wang Tiezhong's excited facial expression was quickly replaced by solemnity.

He replied bluntly to Wei Zheng: "General, these arquebuses are all scrap products made by cutting corners, the barrel is too thin, and at most three shots will explode, and they cannot be used at all......"

After speaking, Wang Tiezhong threw it into a pile of arquebuses at his feet as if he were throwing garbage.

Wang Tiezhong could see at a glance the quality of the pile of arquebuses under his feet, which was enough to show that Wang Tiezhong, a blacksmith, had built arquebuses before. Otherwise, Wang Tiezhong's sense of arquebuses would not be so strong, just by weighing it in his hand, he could judge the quality of these arquebuses...

Thinking of this, Wei Zheng's eyes towards Wang Tiezhong became more important, and he said with emotion: "Master Wang, another purpose of my coming today is for these arquebuses under my feet..."

"I remember you saying that you once made muskets for the imperial court in the guardhouse. In that case, you're going to build a musket. ”

"My idea was to take advantage of the time to defeat the Tartars and leave the task of crafting cold weapons such as throwing spears and spears to other craftsmen. And you, specializing in building arquebuses..."

"Rebuild all the arquebuses under your feet, and create a batch of qualified muskets for my Haw Par Army..."

Wang Tiezhong was stunned for a moment, and asked with an incredulous expression: "Build a musket....General, we really want to build our own musket..."

"Yes," Wei Zheng affirmed loudly in a firm tone.

Then, under Wang Tiezhong's excited gaze, he continued: "We not only want to build a musket, but also create a musket that is the most advanced in our Ming Dynasty. For the next period of time, I will stay in the armory factory and work with you to create a new type of musket that we have never seen in the Ming Dynasty......"

The barrels of more than a dozen pounds of arquebuses were all re-melted in the furnace, and then, under the continuous beating of the big hammer in Wang Tiezhong's hand, the pig iron gradually turned into steel with smaller and smaller carbon content.

Watching the fiery red iron in front of him slowly turn into an iron rod in Wang Tiezhong's hand, and then turn into a sticker with even thickness. Wei Zheng, who had been guarding the side, was amazed or amazed.

After requenching the beaten stickers, Wang Tiezhong, who was flushed from exerting force for a long time, said excitedly: "General, the next step is to build a musket barrel... The most common way we do this is to roll a sticker into a barrel......"

Although this technique of making the barrel is backward, it is the best process for Wei Zheng to more intuitively understand the production technology of muskets in this era. Therefore, Wei Zheng did not make any comments.

After nodding, he replied to Wang Tiezhong's hot gaze at him: "Yes....I only study the first musket, and I don't speak... Master Wang, you continue, I'll watch from the side..."

"Yes, General..."

After another day, a barrel that was already very uniform on the surface appeared in Wang Tiezhong's hand.

Just when Wei Zheng thought that this and the barrel could be used, Wang Tiezhong picked up an iron rod with a smooth surface again and said to Wei Zheng: "General, although you can't see anything on the surface of the barrel...., the inside of the barrel cannot meet the requirements of the arquebus, and only after the barrel is continuously polished to make the inside of the barrel smooth to a certain extent, can it be used......

After spending another whole day on polishing, a formed barrel finally appeared in Wei Zheng's hands.

Loaded with good parts selected from the captured arquebuses, a marqueeze was made that was commonly equipped by the Ming officers and soldiers

With enough raw materials and time, the first feeling of this arquebus to Wei Zheng is that it is heavy......

The whole gun is added up, at least ten pounds.

Looking at the most important barrel of the arquebus, unlike the previous barrels of different thicknesses, the barrel of the arquebus in the hand is very uniform at least within the range of his own vision, and it is very smooth with sandpaper.

Just as Wei Zheng was flipping over and admiring the arquebus in his hand, Wang Tiezhong, who was excited, assured loudly: "General, I can guarantee that on the battlefield, this arquebus will definitely not explode..."

"In addition, the inner wall of this gun is also polished very smooth, and if fired within a hundred paces, it can definitely penetrate the layer of iron armor worn by the Tartars. So, in terms of range, this arquebus can already suppress ordinary Tartar archers......"

After an hour-long trial of the gun, this arquebus with full material was directly beyond everyone's expectations in terms of power.

At a distance of a hundred meters, the lead bullet fired from the arquebus lightly pierced the two layers of iron armor of the captured Tartar...

At a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, it lightly penetrated a layer of iron armor.......

At a distance of two hundred meters, the leather armor of the captured Tartar was easily penetrated.......

In terms of power, this musket temporarily meets the requirements of the guard. However, in terms of the way of shooting, Wei Zheng was very dissatisfied.

Relying on the arquebus to fire the musket not only has very harsh requirements for the battlefield weather, but also cannot be used on rainy days. It also had a great impact on the gunner, who had to carry a sufficient length of arquebus with him for a battle......

After shooting a buckshot himself, he said to Wang Tiezhong, who was still immersed in excitement behind him.

"Lord Wang, the power is good, but can it be changed in firing....if our muskets continue to rely on the same arquebuses for firing, when it rains, these arquebuses will become a pile of scrap metal..."

Wang Tiezhong frowned, and asked with a puzzled expression: "But, general, I have been building arquebuses since I learned to build muskets, and I have never touched or heard of muskets with other firing methods..."

Under the suspicious gaze, Wei Zheng explained all the theories and techniques about flintlock pistols in his mind in as much detail as possible.

Of course, among the more than ten people standing beside Wei Zheng, except for Wang Tiezhong, who nodded from time to time who seemed to understand whether he understood or not, the others were all at a loss.

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, after a full tea time, Wang Tiezhong replied with a puzzled face: "General, although what you said makes sense, after all, there is no physical object, and many things need to be tested and tested before they can be finalized....Therefore, the flintlock pistol you said cannot be created in the manufacturing plant at least in a short period of time..."

Wang Tiezhong could understand what he said, and he was already much out of Wei Zheng's expectations, and Wei Zheng didn't expect Wang Tiezhong to immediately create a flintlock pistol for himself in front of him.

After waving his hand at Wang Tiezhong, he said with an indifferent face: "Lord Wang, I didn't let you build it right away." ”

"It's just that, from today onwards, while you are building an arquebus, you should also talk about the research of flintlock pistols, and strive to break through these technical difficulties as soon as possible and produce our own new muskets of the Haw Par Army..."